Breakout R&B singer/songwriter Dylan Sinclair taps into a modern-day classic with his cover performance of "Hello Fear," the title track from Kirk Franklin's 2010 gospel project.
Franklin — who has an impressive track record at the GRAMMY Awards, with 16 wins and 27 nominations in total — won Best Gospel Album for Hello Fear at the 2012 GRAMMYs, where he also took home Best Gospel Song "Hello Fear." The song's original version features a pulsing R&B beat, with grooving melodies and a chorus of backing harmonies.
In this episode of ReImagined at Home, dive into Sinclair's reinterpretation of the contemporary gospel favorite. The rising star begins his performance seated at a piano, his silhouette throwing a stark shadow on the white wall behind him. As he sings the song's tender opening bars, a string section slowly comes to life behind him.
As the first chorus hits, Sinclair rises up from the piano and takes his place at the helm of the instruments behind him. As the song begins to crest into its climax, backing vocalists provide ethereal, soul-inspired harmonies to meet Sinclair's gently rising vocal line. At the end, the song concludes with a stunning three-part vocal harmony.
Raised in a Filipino-Guyanese family in the suburban community of Thornhill, Ontario, Sinclair set out for Toronto to make a life in music as a young adult. Since 2018, he's released three projects. The most recent of those, the appropriately titled No Longer in the Suburbs, arrived in May 2022.
Press play above to watch Sinclair's gripping reinterpretation of "Hello Fear," and keep checking back to GRAMMY.com for more episodes of ReImagined at Home.
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